Howell council meeting moves after pipe break

Workers were mopping up water in the basement of Howell City Hall after a water line broke last weekend.

The break left about an inch of water on the building’s basement floor, including City Council chambers.

Because of that, tonight’s council meeting has been moved to 7 p.m. at the Paul Bennett Recreation Center, 925 W. Grand River Ave.

At the meeting, councilmembers are expected to discuss off-street parking enforcement and a letter of support for the Downtown Development Authority’s splash pad and ice rink project.

The council is also expected to set a public hearing for a tax abatement for or Pepsi Bottling Group LLC; and talk about a contract with the Economic Development Council of Livingston County. Other items on the agenda include discusion of the city’s retreat, budget process, master land-use plan vision statement and guiding values.

City Manager Shea Charles said the break only dumped clean water and that cleanup was expected to be completed sometime Monday.